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Shaken and Stirred

Joan Opyr

Start date: February 1, 2012

Finish date: February 29, 2012

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Sep 04, 2011 Elaine Burnes rated it really liked it

Shelves: lesbian

This is excellent! Poppy Koslowski goes home to North Carolina to pull the plug on her grandfather. Naturally, this is about way more than pulling the plug. It's her story of growing up in a typically dysfunctional Southern family. This has possibly the best opening sentence, paragraph, and page of anything I've read in I don't know how long. It's a sweet story of friendship, love, family, and the things we say and don't say. Absolutely realistic depictions of those awkward moments when someone ...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Cab rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbt, e-books, fiction

I admit I originally judged this book by its cover and put it into my, maybe read, as a last resort, column. I don’t know why, I just didn’t like the cover. Why I would decide to reject a book solely on the cover makes no sense at all since I do 99% of my reading on my Kindle, but let’s face it, the cover art catches my eye, it makes me take a closer look at the book, and causes me to read the product description. Yes, it’s ultimately the description or someone’s recommendation that makes me buy ...more

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Dec 06, 2013 Susanne rated it really liked it

Shelves: ff-fiction

Mary Frances 'Poppy' Koslowski has been called to come home because her grandfather is dying. Poppy has the power of attorney to make decisions regarding his medical care. Abby, Poppy's long time best friend, comes along to lend her support. This is a family drama story about Poppy's growing up and her relationship with various people. Poppy and her grandfather used to have a close relationship but it became estranged because of her grandfather's alcoholism and womanising ways. We also read abou ...more

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Feb 21, 2012 Jenny rated it it was amazing

I loved the humor in this book and being a smart ass my self made it all the more funnier. Sometimes it took me a minute to figure out where in the story she was at because she kind of jumped around from past to present but other than that it was a great story.

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